February 17, 2014, 2:05PM

Families who are insured should see their regular medical provider for vaccines. Uninsured or underinsured Multnomah County families should contact the county health department's Community Immunization program or attend one of these clinics. Full story »

February 06, 2014, 12:38PM

Feb. 19 is the date by which school, child-care and Head Start vaccination records must be up-to-date or kids will be sent home and not allowed to return until they've got all their shots. Full story »

January 22, 2014, 11:20AM

The Oregon Health Authority on Wednesday issued the reminder that if school and child-care vaccination records are not up-to-date, kids will be sent home that day and not allowed to return until they've got all their shots. Full story »

January 14, 2013, 5:09PM

Oregon law requires children attending public and private schools, preschools, child-care facilities and Head Start programs to be immunized against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis A and B, polio, chickenpox, measles, mumps and rubella. Full story »

February 01, 2011, 10:40AM

About 5,000 Washington County children who don’t have up-to-date vaccination records by Feb. 16 will not be allowed to attend school or child care facilities, in keeping with a state law aimed at curtailing preventable outbreaks. Students missing this “Exclusion Day” deadline will have to stay home from school until the vaccines and records are up to date. Because... Full story »

February 10, 2009, 1:08PM

Any Oregon children missing vaccinations will be barred from school starting Feb. 18. To kids who dislike the painful-though-brief poke of the vaccination needle, missing school probably doesn't sound like much punishment -- as in, eat all of your vegetables or you'll have to go to bed an hour later. Full story »

February 05, 2009, 4:14PM

Got kids in school or day care? Exclusion Day is coming up on Feb. 18 -- that's the deadline for your kids to have all their required immunizations up to date. To help Clackamas County families, Providence Milwaukie Hospital, in partnership with Clackamas County and the North Clackamas School District, will hold a free immunization clinic Saturday, Feb. 7. Full story »